South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-05-27

Ct9n 10 added 20 the district OF Ncn-
tana; the fourth district OF Virginia
10 consolidated with the sixth district
OF Virginia. In all. % districts will
be abolished, and the collectors there.
OF retired from the service. Com Il is
sioner Miller says tbat the new ar
rsngement CT the districts will not in
any manner interfere With the con.
vsnieuce Of the taxpayers. and will
save to the government mcre than
one bundred thousand dollars an.
uusIIy.
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RRPREsENTATIvE GRAIN, of Texas,
thus tells about an In. erview he had
with President Cleveland. when the
subject Of conversation Was P,ohibi-
',ioa. '-T6 President" he says 're-
marked that the subject Of RENE dy
for intemperance was a very serious
and dinicolt problem &c solve: that
conflicting views we're entertained by
men WHO interested themselves in
the subject and who were equally
honest and conscientious. In regard
10 drinking customs. he observed that
our people were 10 . grest extent cos
mopolItap. Take the o; ate Of things
10 Buffalo, for instance. where there
are u great many Germans. and they
are thrifty people and make good
citizens. There you might see on
Sunday Geruan with his family
around Linn Ell ting at table IN a
garden taking beer and quietly en-
joying himself according to his own
notions. IL would seem hard to him
to deprive him of that enjoyment.
Ga the other hand, IL occasionally
happens that young men get together
and drink TO excc,s, and OF Moniay
morning are unfit for business, and 90
On until they lose their employment
and be"mo ou,casts. 1t also hap pen 8
sometimes that the excessive use OF
intoxicants drives men TO the commits.
sion Of crimes, ard even to the gal
lows. He had drunk vice and beer,
and had not seen any reason TO OBJ
ject to others doing the same in no
der alton. There Is no doubt but that
the man who uses liquor to excess is
not equal 10 the temperate man in
the performance of his duties, and
he had observed this when he had
men working for him."
e.
THE Republicans are beginning to
understand that the Democratic par.
" meant what it said when il prom.
ised the people of this country more
economical administration of the gov
eminent il restored to power. The
rctrenchmcnt OF ten thousand dollars
here, add hundred thousand dollars
there, in the national expenditures
means, In the course OF year, mil.
lions of tho voters hard earned mo.
1ey saved to them and their families,
ani corresponding decrease in the
tax upon the necessities, as we'll as
the Injuries, of life. A little more
vigorous handling of the Reform
broom, which decorated so many De-
mocratic poles in the last campaign.
Is ali the party at large have 10 ask
OF the adm inistration elected by their
votos.
The last c7ll of the Secretary OF the
Treasury for sl9,7l7,50o of three per
cents, exhausts the list OF bonds snb.
ject to redemption at the will of the
government. In 1879 there will ma
ture s250,000,000 Of Al per cents.
As IL is improbable that the Secretary
will buy In the open market any OF
these. or any Of the S738. 900, { 90 of
four per CENTS, which mature in 1907.
it lie estimated that some 800 900, 900
will accumulate in the treasury be-
fore Congress will be abe. IL willing,
to stop the qho v of money from the
peoples pockets.
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AN important change was made by
the late Legislature in the striking
OF Jurors in felony cnses Under the
law as amended prosecu ing attorneys
have the right 20 strike two from the
panel and the defendant six. The
Legislature also repea ed The law Civ.
ing persons under indictment for Eel.
ony the right OF continuance At the
first term, and leaves the matter Of
continuance discretionary with the
court upon the usual affldayits, etc.
Telegraphic Condensations.
President Cleveland expects to
make a tour OF the West this summer.
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